I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: if anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues which are written in this book. (Revelation 22:18)
Therefore I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship. (Romans 12:1)
The Bible is full of men and women who faced discouragement at a deep level. This isn’t unique to us. As King Solomon, a man of great wisdom and clarity, wrote, “… the day of one’s death is better than the day of one’s birth” (Ecclesiastes 7:1). Jonah asked God to kill him because he was so despondent. Jeremiah is known as the weeping prophet. David was either up or deeply down, asking himself why his soul despaired within him. Moses wound up wandering in the wilderness tending sheep for forty years. Even the great apostle Pau...
Many people are confused when it comes to heaven. Most people, even some Christians, view the thought of heaven as an intrusion into their lives. After all, why focus on heaven if you haven’t even been to Europe? Many single people try to skirt the issue, saying, “Lord, please, don’t take me to heaven until I get married down here on earth.”
Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep. And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take.